1. Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne made monumental statuary for the Gardens of Versailles but was best known for his expressive portrait busts.
12 Facts About Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne
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Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne's father Jean-Louis Lemoyne, was a sculptor, and was first teacher.
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Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne later became a student of another prominent sculptor, Robert Le Lorrain.
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Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne is sometimes referred to as Jean-Baptiste II Lemoyne or "the younger" to distinguish him from his uncle of the same name, another sculptor, Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne the Elder.
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Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne received the prix de Rome awarded by the Academie royale de peinture et de sculpture, but remained in Paris to aid his blind father.
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Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne became a member of the Academy in 1838, and, later became its director.
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Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne was a particular favorite of Madame de Pompadour, the mistress of the King and an important patron of the arts.
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Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne made a graceful rococo sculpture of Vertumnus and Pomone, two characters from the Metamorphoses of Ovid, which was a favorite theme of Madame Pompadour.
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Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne made a state of Madame Pompadour in the costume of a nymph.
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Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne made several busts of Louis XV, and an equestrian statue of the King for the courtyard of the new Ecole Militaire, but this was destroyed during the French Revolution.
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Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne was especially known for the quality of his portrait busts, which captured the passing nuances of expression and gave a sense of movement.
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Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne is considered the most skilled of the French rococo sculptors.